How to install software on Ulteo Virtual Desktop

[froogle]

I'll start this off with a disclaimer. This may not be the approved Ulteo way of doing things. It may also cause some problems in the longer term. But, it's worked for me so far so fingers crossed. Also, these instructions assume you have only just finished installing ulteo and not changed anything (like passwords, or sudoers)

Like another poster on this forum, I need dev tools. Specifically, I need to run Ruby and I'm looking at Ulteo Virtual Desktop as a great Ruby development environment within Windows, avoiding all the compatibility problems that come with Ruby on Windows itself.

Firsrt, before booting up ulteo, create a file on the desktop called sources.list. I just used Windows notepad for this, and the file contents look like this

#========================
# Ubuntu supported packages (packages, GPG key: 437D05B5)
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy main restricted
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-updates main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security main restricted

# Ubuntu community supported packages (packages, GPG key: 437D05B5)
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy universe multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-updates universe multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security universe multiverse
#============================

Now, start up Ulteo. WHen the launch bar appears at the top of the screen, run up Konsole.

Ulteo Virtual Desktop mounts your Windows Desktop as a directory called 'Desktop'. So, assuming you created your sources.list file on the Windows desktop enter this command

cp Desktop/sources.list .

That copies the sources.list file into your 'me' user home directory.

Next, we need to put it in the right place. Type 'su' and when asked for a password enter the super user password - by default, this is 'root'.

Next, copy the sources.list file

cp sources.list /etc/apt

Make sure other users can read it with a simple

chmod a+r /etc/apt/sources.list

Finally, type in

apt-get update

This will hit Ubuntu's servers and update the repository lists. I got some errors about not being able to validate the servers keys, but those errors didn't affect what came next.

GIven that I wanted to get a Ruby dev environment running, the next phase was simple. I needed to install ruby and irb. To do this, I just entered

apt-get install ruby irb

After a short wait, everything was ready to go and working perfectly. apt-get can, of course, also be used to install the standard gcc compiler and headers, newer versions of python and pretty much anything else that you might ever want to install.

Hope that helps some peeps.

[el_vecio]

[froogle]

Well spotted - thanks for the tip.

[chris_j_breisch]

Thanks. I have gcc and have successfully compiled 'hello, world'. I had to get a few more packages than you to get all that I wanted, and I probably got a few I didn't really need, but I'm happy.

[froogle]

hmm. I did some installs earlier with sources pointing to Gutsy and had no issues. I just uninstalled and reinstalled then started to grab packages from Feisty and all h*** broke loose.

I think it's a better idea actually to stick with Gutsy in the sources.list file. Just my opinion.

[pstahle]

Hi,

I wouldn't use the kernel version to determine which version of Ubuntu, Virtual Desktop is built on, since the kernel is stated to be from colinux in the product description....

I am going to try gutsy since that is what some had success with.... and hope it works...

[el_vecio]

[froogle]

No no, don't feel bad. It was good advice and I tried it just to make sure of everything. IN the absence of documentation from the ulteo team we're all just taking stabs in the dark here anyway

[el_vecio]

We just need to be patient and wait for the end of the beta phase and a stable release...

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[chris_j_breisch]

well, I've used feisty and haven't had any problems so far.

Now I'm wondering if I should update to gutsy and what would happen if I did.

[pstahle]

el_vecio, I totally agree with froogle and don't feel bad, we are all here to help each other out, and I don't think any of use really know which truly the right version to use....

On another note have any of you had issues with random network issues? When I was first trying to do an apt-get update I noticed the network connection was down and had to reboot to get it working again. I also found that ping does not seem to work and name resolution seems to be ify at best. Can someone else confirm ping not working for them? It is just very weird I can try to ping a box and it will time out, then turn around and ssh to that same box without an issue.

Example:
ping damarus.office.aol.com ... times out
ssh damarus.office.aol.com ... works
ssh damarus ... unknown host, I have modified /etc/resolv.conf to servers to do the name resolution and this works on my other linux box....

Just curious what other people are seeing,
Patrick

[JulienLanglois]

[el_vecio]

Tada!

I've found the answer! Currently Ulteo is based on ubuntu drapper as you can see from this post!


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[wap3911]

[el_vecio]

[LaurentC]

Using dapper's mirror will works now BUT when you'll auto update your machine, you will (or will not, it's lot of random) have some issues.

[el_vecio]

[quote=el_vecio]By the way it is not recommended to add any repo at all and wait for the official ulteo repositories.[/quote]

[chris_j_breisch]

Let us know if you get synaptic working. I've had no luck. I've been using aptitude and it's tolerable, but I'd rather have synaptic.

[wap3911]

[fredwerter]

Does this thread change how to do it?
I mean the new Beta 2 does that one allow repositories
and apt get and such?
http://www.ulteo.com/main/forums/viewtopic.php?t=992&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=

[xxblx]

Hello.

root@virtual-desktop:/home/me# apt-get update
bash: apt-get: command not found

How I can solve this problem?

[cmartelw]

Hi! I guess you have to download apt manually in a .deb package and install it by the command dpkg -i [package].deb

greetings!